Cooperative Agreement F19AC00432

This federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, awarded under the Central Valley Project Conservation Program (CFDA 15.564), provides $480,000 to River Partners, a non-profit organization, to restore 400 acres of riparian habitat along the Sacramento River National Wildlife Refuge. The project aims to benefit the federally threatened yellow-billed cuckoo and valley elderberry longhorn beetle by establishing a mosaic of native vegetation...

The Yurok Tribe has been awarded a $115,000 Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) to reduce sediment and hydrologic impacts along the B-10 and B-100 road network in the Blue Creek watershed. The project aims to protect vital salmonid spawning habitat by decommissioning a legacy road segment and upgrading three additional road segments. Key activities include installing rolling dips, replacing 20 undersized culverts,...

This $260,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program (CFDA 15.631) will fund the removal and replacement of an undersized culvert on Little Grass Valley Creek in Weaverville, California. The new 13x10 elliptical culvert will provide full, unimpeded fish passage for anadromous species like coho salmon, steelhead, and Pacific lamprey to access five miles of cold water spawning and rearing...

This $106,755 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 will support stream habitat restoration along one mile of Lower Ah Pah Creek near Klamath, California. The Yurok Tribe will collaborate with the Arcata Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to enhance stream and floodplain habitat through activities such as completing environmental and cultural compliance, physical monitoring, and reconfiguring impaired areas to increase...

This $1,000,000 Project Grant award from the Bureau of Reclamation under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CFDA 15.512) will implement the Clear Creek Adaptive Restoration Program (CCARP) over a 5-year period from September 2024 to December 2028. The key activities to be performed include: Anadromous fish habitat restoration and management through annual spawning gravel augmentation in Clear Creek. Restoration of ecosystem processes and expansion of fish habitat in the Clear Creek...

This $297,712 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CFDA 15.554) supports a watershed restoration planning and implementation project in the Putah Creek watershed in Northern California. The project aims to create new rock vanes and augment existing structures on tributary streams to trap sediment, increase base flows, and restore riparian vegetation in the region. This will help address issues like disruption of water supply,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) provides $200,000 to the Klamath Watershed Partnership to analyze and restore the Fishhole and Pole Creek watersheds in Oregon. The initial Phase I effort will assess priority areas for restoration and watershed function, including analyzing grazing and cattle management impacts. Planned restoration activities may include...

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation awarded the Yurok Tribe a $1,020,849 Project Grant under the Indian Tribal Water Resources Development, Management, and Protection program (CFDA 15.519) to mitigate drought impacts and restore salmon habitat in the Klamath Basin. The grant provides funding for the following activities over a period from September 2024 to May 2027: McGarvey Creek Restoration Tribal Stewardship: 2 years of tribal stewardship, installation of 20 Constructed...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife program (CFDA 15.631) will provide $100,000 to Audubon Canyon Ranch, Inc. to support habitat restoration activities in Tomales Bay, Marin County, California. The key products and services to be delivered include: Developing a conceptual design plan to increase connectivity of Marks Marsh to Tomales Bay, restoring approximately 10 acres of tidal marsh habitat. Conducting invasive...

The California Waterfowl Association will receive $115,000 through a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Region 8 on October 1, 2021 to be completed by September 30, 2026. The funding supports the Mountain Meadows & Foothill Floodplain Restoration Project under the Partners for Fish and Wildlife federal grant program (CFDA 15.631). Through this award, the California Waterfowl Association will provide financial and technical...